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bicoid

noun — 2 senses

bicoid

nounalso spelled Bicoid
1

Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences A gene, in Drosophila and related flies, that specifies which end of an egg will be the anterior and become the fly's head by setting up a concentration gradient of the Bicoid protein.

Bicoid

noun
1

Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A protein, in Drosophila and related flies, specified by the bicoid gene, the concentration gradient of which serves to specify which end of the egg will become the head of the fly.

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